Corridor Brewery & Provisions

So OG Squeezit was the first Chicagoland NEIPA that blew me away, and nothing I've had here yet has topped it (Radio Swan and Cosmic Juicebox have been close). Others don't have the bitterness I prefer (and the rye in RS supplants the bitterness for me). Even Sqeezit v2 falls into that category. But I'm here now, trying a pint, of OG and yes, its just as good as the first batch. I am happy.

Bendy Straw is the Chicago-typical tome, lacking any bite on the backend, but still enjoyable. It falls far below OG.

 

Was in and out in 5 minutes, crowlers of SqueezeIt were prefilled and grabbed a couple Bendy Straws. Can't wait to try these. Thought Cosmic Juicebox was fantastic and love that Corridor is on my way home from work. Just had OJ Run from NG and it was amazing, so good. Will be trying the rest of NG beers this week side by side with Corridor. Cosmic still tops in the Midwest for me ever so slightly over OJ Run. Keep the great haze coming Corridor!

 

OJ Run is the low end of the curve of Narrow Gauge for me. If you have Fallen Flag or Nelson's Galaxy in your supply then you will be a very happy man!

 

Yup those are on deck. Had FF before at a share and that got NG on my radar. Really excited for DDH FF and Nelsons Galaxy!
going to be great beer week.

 

I shall have to make another trip to corridor then for juice!

 

If NG ever brings back Oast #5 Thunder From Down Under do what you can to get it. Cloud City is another fantastic one.

 

Excited to get there this weekend def grabbing Squeeze it and hope bendy is still available!!

 

I got to have DDH Hoppy Meal earlier this summer. Pretty fantastic for sure.

 

Is it hazy bro?

 

Ha, you an I have opposing views on this. That's exactly why I love Squeezit so much compared to others of the style. Its why I avoided the trend for so long. Hopefully there will be more offerings like this for people like me that prefer the bitterness since so many breweries are making them now.

 

I am in this camp as well. I never had the OG Squeezit the first time around, only v2, but I love that bitter back end and am looking forward to checking out Squeezit after work today. If I had one complaint about Bendy Straw it's that it was lacking some of that "rindy" finish that @croush describes, though I still really enjoyed it.

 

I'm curious to try this run of Squeezit for exactly the reason you outlined. If you're picking up a more astringent finish, I don't remember that from the original (which is probably tied for my favorite NE beer in or potentially out of the city). I've had a few that did have that finish, and it's definitely been a docking point. Bitter = good. Astringent = bad.

 

Wonder if this is a "ripeness" thing or if consistency is going to be an ongoing issues with NEIPAs. I loved Van Hazen 1, not as much with 2.

 

It's all in our heads, and is there to create the controversy necessary to keep these threads rolling!

 

This batch of Squeezit is awesome - we had dinner there tonight so I picked up crowlers as well.

Very underwhelmed by the burger though. It was VERY greasy, and was cooked too long. Granted the waitress didn't ask how I'd like it cooked, and I could've asked for medium instead of ruined, but I won't be ordering the burger again.

 

I'm surprised, maybe it's a bad cook tonight? Every time I've had the burger it's been great